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Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, M.D., F.A.A.P., (aka "Dr. Gwenn") pediatrician, health journalist, parenting and social media expert, is CEO and Editor-In-Chief of Pediatrics Now, an online health and communications company dedicated to providing reliable information for today’s busy families. The cornerstones of Pediatrics Now are the Pediatrics Now website, which has become one of the most trusted and popular websites on line today, and the nationally syndicated blog Dr. Gwenn Is In, picked up regularly by highly regarded media groups such as Reuters, Chicago Sun Times, Livestrong.org and USA Today.
Dr. Gwenn is one of the most sought after pediatricians today by national and local media and major online websites and blogs as a child health, parenting and social media expert. She appears regularly in print, internet, radio and TV, and speaks often at professional conferences about social media topics important to today’s practicing health care providers and savvy consumers.
Dr. Gwenn graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine and completed her pediatrics Internship and Residency at New England Medical Center/Floating Hospital for Infants and Children in Boston, MA. Dr. Gwenn has practiced in Massachusetts, Illinois and Wisconsin and has been very active in medical education throughout her career. Dr. Gwenn is a board-certified pediatrician and still has an active clinical life on top of all her media work. She is a very active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) as an official national media spokesperson and the Editor In Chief for the AAP's Council on Communication and Media's website and blog.
Dr. Gwenn's career as a columnist and journalist began with her quest to find more ways to get useful information to as many parents as possible. Dr. Gwenn strives to write as if she were talking to a parent. As a parent herself, she knows how important it is to obtain information but also recognizes how precious little time parents have to find reliable information on the internet. Launched in January 2006, Pediatrics Now, the website and company, is determined to fill that gap and provide a bridge between the parenting and pediatrics worlds. In a short amount of time, Pediatrics Now and Dr. Gwenn have have become trusted sources for parents and health care providers to turn to for child health, parenting and social media information.
Dr. Gwenn is available for speaking engagements and parenting and child health content consultation.
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